General Thunderbolt Ross visits
the White House to see the President but Secretary of State Brooke intercepts
him. Ross insists that the US conquer Latveria now for security and imperialist
reasons. Brooke points out that Doctor Doom’s kidnapping of the General has made
it far too personal so he is being reassigned. Ross is angry….
In Latveria, Alina Von Doom takes
Captain America to a secret hideout in a tunnel for a talk. She explains that
she doesn’t use her last name because it would scare too many people (Victor
was her cousin). Cap warns her that she could be killed but she is not
concerned; she is a pacifist because there are warriors like Cap to keep her
safe….
Meanwhile, the SHIELD team (Trevor
Tambling, Joe Ramos, Charles Castlemore, and the Red Widow) are investigating the
farm where weapons are said to be stored. The place does have ICBMs but no sign
of any nuclear materials there. Castlemore tells Red Widow that her combat
moves are a thing of beauty; she doesn’t agree because of the lifetime of
torture she endured to reach that level of proficiency but she in turn
compliments Castlemore’s taking down the sniper (last issue). The agents report
to Cap but find all signals blocked….
Then Cap discovers the real reason
for this meeting: he is introduced to Mara and Melor Sandu of the Latverian
Liberators who Cap calls murderers so that they hold him off at gunpoint. Alina
is certain that the Sandus are also fighting for a free Latveria and so have joined
forces against Salvation and his True Latveria party. They tell Cap that
Salvation has nuclear weapons and they have learned that there exists a list of
where they are hidden. The Sandus offer to help Cap find that list if he agrees
to take those weapons away from Salvation before they kill him….
General Ross gathers a small team
of loyalists, ready to follow his plan to defeat Lateveria, which involves
studying the Hulk….
The SHIELD team reports to Nick
Fury and they all learn that Cap is not with either group. They arrange to meet
at the Embassy. Meanwhile, Salvation is watching, planning to kill them all
once they locate Doom’s weapon….
Cap and the Sandus approach the
enemy camp and sneak in, Cap preventing them from killing the guards. They are
caught and there is an exchange of gunfire. An explosion hurls Cap several yards
and he recovers and realizes he is in a mass grave. The Sandus inform Cap that
it wasn’t a list of weapons they were after but a list of the dead so they
could inform the families. The location of the grave was a surprise to them
too. Cap calls it in to Fury, certain that Salvation is responsible and vowing
to go after him….
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